Low back pain in perioperative nurses
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operacijska nega, bolečina v križuAbstract
The article presents the frequency of low back pain in perioperative nurses working in the Operational Theatre of the Hospital Center in Ljubljana. The first part describes causes of low back pain and the possibilities of its prevention. The second, empirical part describes and presents the results of a research study on the frequency of the occurence of low back pain in perioperative nurses. The results show that 77 % of the nurses have experienced low back pain once or several times, that 75 % are familiar with the methods of prevention while only 42 % also apply them at work.Downloads
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